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Breaking Down the Yankees’ Three-Armed Bullpen Monster

The Yankees are probably going to need about 240 combined innings from their three relief aces—Chapman, Betances and Miller. How does that square with their past performances?

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Michael Salfino

Dec. 29, 2015 8:11 p.m. ET

The Yankees managed this week to add one of the few relievers in baseball who can claim to be as dominant as the two they already had. Now the question is how much a team actually needs to use three pitchers this good while pursuing a pennant.

Newest Yankee Aroldis Chapman joins current relievers Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances to form arguably the best trio of relievers in baseball history. Last season, all three had ERAs of 2.04 or below while striking out more than 14 batters per nine innings. Hitters combined to go 121-for-743...